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¿Por qué pasarse a la pigmentación vegetal?

- 08/01/2018

You don't decide to start using natural cosmetics from one day to the next, but after thinking about your consumption habits, becoming aware of your diet and, finally, being aware of your own health and that of the planet.  That's why today we are going to give you arguments to take the step to switch to botanical hair dyes.

Is natural always better than chemical?

The truth is that natural and chemical are not necessarily antagonistic concepts, because in any natural substance, biochemical mechanisms are produced that allow changes, evolution and the existence of life itself. 

The natural is not always totally innocuous, nor is the chemical by definition toxic, but we must talk about ingredients that, when used or consumed in excess, can alter the organism.

In the case of dyes, the IARC (International Agency of Research on Cancer) has demonstrated with several studies that 80% of the dyes marketed as permanent (oxidative) dyes contain aromatic amines and dye couplers which, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, form pigmented molecules as well as more than 5,000 chemical substances that increase the risk of developing cancer in human beings through accumulated exposure.

La acumulación de sustancias químicas sobre tu cabello y tu cuero cabelludo, no aportan nada bueno a tu salud.

The alternative? Plants with the ability to pigment and care for the beauty and health of your hair. At Henna Morena we work mainly with Henna, in Spanish Alheña, although it is not the only pigmenting plant we use: hibiscus, to enhance brunettes, black tea to darken, chamomile to maintain blondes, walnut for browns... In addition to enhancing colour and shine, all these plants have healthy benefits for the hair, strengthening and providing volume and shine in a natural way. The plants come from organic cultivation in some cases or from wild collection in others, always with a strict control of origin and traceability.

 

How it acts on the hair

 

Henna dyes in a natural way, without the mediation of external agents or additives. This happens thanks to Lawsonia or hennotannic acid: 2- Hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, present in the henna leaves, which in a non-oxidative process migrates and is deposited by affinity in the sugar bridges found in the keratin protein of the hair or skin (hence its use in natural tattoos), being a deposit process and in a non-oxidative way (without the presence of oxygen or formation of free radicals or ROS (reactive oxygen species) does not cause damage to the hair structure or the dermis. On the contrary, henna has other phytotherapeutic properties.

If you have decided to take care of yourself and switch to botanical cosmetics and dyes, choose fresh, unadulterated plants. It is important that you pay attention to the ingredients and reject those with added substances containing heavy metals or adulterated with PPD dye.

Love yourself and switch to plant-based pigmentation!

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